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` R. N. PEMBBRTON.

PAPER FILE. APPLICATION FILED rBB.a,19o.

Patented June 15 1909.

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UNITED sTATEs PATENT oEEicE.ll

RICHARD N. PEMBERTON, OF TOPEKA, KANSAS.

. PAPER-FILE.

,17o ca -whom it may concern:

Beit known that I, RICHARD N. PEMBER- TON, .a citizen of the UnitedStates, residing at Topeka, inthe county of Shawnee and State of Kansas,have invented certain new and 4`iiseful Improvements in Paper-Files, ofwhich the following is a specification.

V "M y. invention relates to paper files, and l more particularly to afile of this character i ada ted to household use.

,l V e`.primary object of my invention is to fprovide a device by meansof which a ready record may be kept of the usual household eXpenses,`and which will serve, at the same tima/as `a rece taole for thereceipted bills.

A further object of the invention is to provide a device of the abovecharacter, which may be conveniently hung on the Wall and have an'ornamental appearance.

- With the above objects in view my inven- 'ition-consists intheconstruction hereinafter fdescribed, and illustrated 1n the accompanyl un n .ing drawings, in which:

Figure 1 is a front elevation of my improved bill file. Fig. 2 is alongitudinal section thereof.` Y,

Referring to the drawings `in detail, it will be seen that the devicecomprises a stift' 1, 'Iplreferably formed of heavy cardboard. isbacking is bent ,around at the'end, 2, and over at the front, 3,.' toform a binding for the pockets which constitute the receptacles for thebills. These pockets consist o-fa series of envelops, 4, prefrerablylformed of a strong grade of paper,

the lower closed ends of Which all rest against the bent over portion,2, of the backing, 1.

Filling or 'spacing strips, 5, are placed between the lower ends of theenvelops, and

rivets, 6, pass through the flap', 3, envelope,

4, filling strips, 5, and backing, 1, thus se- 'vcurely binding theWhole together.` The backing is provided near its upper edge with anopening, 1 a, by means of Which it may be hung on a nail, as shown inFig. 2. By reference 'to this iigure,`it will also be seen that theenvelops, .4, are of progressively decreas- 5 ing length, the longestbeing located adjavcent the backing, 1, andthe shortest, remotevtherefrom. The ulpper edge, therefore, of

'each envelop, falls eloW the edge of the one immediately behind it, andeach envelop .projects a uniform distance, as 7, above the one next-infront. The front lsurface of the V'5,5 bill file is therefore composedofthe up er portions of all the envelops, rising, one e- Patented .runei5, 1909.

Applicationled February 3, 1902.3. SerialNo. 414,034'.

Y hind the other, and the upper edges of the l'ront surface into4 envelos thus divide this a lnum er of horizontal lines. Across these lilies Idraw vertical lines, thus dividing the surface into a number of.vertical columns.-

In practice I prefer to so rule the surface as to provide a'comparativelyWide column at the left, twelve narrow columns, adjacent ofeach envelop, taking care to lace on the largest envelopvthat item forWiich there is -likely to be the greatest numberof bills ren-` dered. AttheV bottom ,of the vertical columns I 1provide a line for totals.

It Wil thus be seen that the amount of the v variousbills, as they arereceived and paid each month, may be entered in the proper line andcolumn, and the bills themselves placed within their respectiveenvelops, Where they may be always located forready reference. By thisarrangement, it is evident that totals may be obtained both of thehorizontal lines, and of the vertical columns, the former giving theamount of any particular item for the Whole year, and the latter givingthe entire household expenses for any.

month. It4 is obvious that, 'if desired, the

vertical columns may be divided into Weeks instead of months. p

My improved bill file is thickest at the bottom, and radually tapers toa thin edge at i the top. hus, ywhen hung on a nail, facing the wall, asshown in Fig. 2, the upper edges of all of the envelops practically restagainst the Wall, thus holding them closed. This method" -of hanging thedevice, therefore, serves the double purpose of excluding the dust, and,at the same tinie,.concealiug the iigures on the front of the envelops.

lo render the device more ornamental, I preferably mount a picture, Aorthe like, on the outside of the backing.

That I claim is 1. A paper le comprising a series o'll superposedenvelopsseparately formed, of'flexible material and of progressivelydecreasing length, a stiff backing against which the longest of saidenvelops is adapted tol lie, and fastening means passing through one endof said superposed envelops and rigidly securin them to one end of saidbacking, the ot er end of said .envelop being free and open.

2. A paper ile comprising a series of superosed envelops` ofprogressively decreasing ength, illing strips between the lower ends ofsaid envelops, a stiff backing folded around the said lower ends of saidenvelops', and

fastening means passing through such folded end and envelops andsecuring said vparts firmly together.

openends of said envelopsfare maintained. c

4. A bill file, comprising .a series of'sepa-4 rately formed superposedenvelops of. lprogressivelyl decreasing length', the upper por-` tionofeach projecting beyond the -edge of' the next, such projectingportions collectively 'forming the front surface said fle, and the edgesof successive. envelops forming a series -of horizontal lines, saidfront surfacebeing divided into vetlcal columns, ltems of ex.

pense in one column, one in each horizontal ine, the months of the yearat the-heads of other columns, and spaces for totaling both thehorizontal-lines and vertical columns.

5. A paper file comprising a series'of thin,

flat receptacles of progressively increasingv length open at one end andclosed at the j other, said receptacles being superposed in f suchmanner that their closed end'sregi'ster,

a st'iif backing to which saidreceptacles; are

e '40" and their open ends forni a sloping s urface` f vrigidly securedat their closed ends, and'l nieansfor so hanging said backing against awall that the open ends of said' receptacles constituting the slopingsurface, bear against f the wall -in such manner as to maintain said`receptacles y closed and exclude' the dust:

.In testimony whereof I afiix my signature, in presence of twowitnesses.. f

N. PEMB'ER'roN. r

RICHARD VVitnesse's H. G. LARIMER,

W'. G. BoL'Es.

